Lean: South Africa’s codeine addiction
WATCH: an estimated 600,000 South Africans are addicted to this opiate, often disguised in soft drinks and promoted by rappers and singers.
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#MTBPS2018: Flattery to Deceive
With elections looming in 2019, the MTBPS was always going to be a case of “flattering to deceive” with no concrete commitment to addressing the crisis in health, report RUSSELL RENSBURG and SAMANTHA KHAN-GILLMORE
Women’s Backstreet Choices
WATCH: Health-e's documentary on the abortion stigma women face every day in South Africa.
SA scientist honoured by HIV community
South African HIV scientist Professor Linda-Gail Bekker was awarded the 2018 Desmond Tutu Award for HIV Prevention Research and Human Rights last night (21 October) at a conference in Madrid, Spain.
Teen moms are not all the same!
Author Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie in a TED talk spoke of the danger of a single story. She recounted a story of her “house man” Fide, who her mother said was poverty-stricken. By Beth Amato.
#OmotosoTrial: We are all Peter Daubermann
Ever wondered why many survivors don’t talk about their sexual violence experiences? Watching Cheryl Zondi on the stand is all the answer you need.
WATCH: Strokes and Stigma
Health-e's three-part Checkpoint documentary on strokes and stigma in South Africa.
Tips for Whistleblowers
WATCH: Marije Versteeg-Mojanaga, the head of the Rural Health Advocacy Project (RHAP), shares tips on whistleblowing for healthcare workers.
Land equality
WATCH: how dignity is being restored to previously-evicted farm workers in the Free State
Rolling with the punches
WATCH: how boxing empowers Johannesburg's under-resourced youth
Stroke of depression in South Africa
Ten South Africans suffer a stroke every hour. Yet many blame the affliction on witchcraft and isolate stroke survivors – who are already battling because of the dire shortage of rehabilitation facilities.
NCDs cause 70 percent of deaths
Seven out of 10 deaths worldwide were caused by non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in 2016, particularly cancer, cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes.
How much sugar is in your drink?
Watch this demonstration to find out how much sugar you are consuming unknowingly when drinking your favourite sugary drink.
Award for HEALA advocate
Tracey Malawana, the founder of the Healthy Living Alliance (HEALA), was last night presented with the 2018 PHILA Emerging Practitioner Award by the Public Health Association of South Africa (PHASA).
Lack of exercise is threatening health
A quarter of the world’s adults are doing too little exercise, putting them at risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, dementia, and some cancers – and there has been no improvement over the past 15 years.